1. Bernard Show was the foremost playwright of his time.
    萧伯纳是他那个时代最重要的剧作家。

2. The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.
    个人的生活史首先是适应他的社团世代相传形成的生活方式和准则。

3. Today the American is one of the few foremost heart-transplant surgeons in the world, having overcome many of the earlier problems, like rejection.
    现在，他攻克了许多像异体排斥这类的早期的难题，是世界上少数几个做心脏移植手术的先驱者之一。

4. He is our foremost leader.
    他是我们的重要领导人。